7 Apr 2017 13:36
Abzena plc
Grant of options
Cambridge, UK, 7 April 2017 - Abzena plc (AIM: ABZA, 'Abzena', the 'Company' or the 'Group') announces that as described in the Company's announcement of 5 April 2017, share options have been granted to the Company's two new US-based senior executives and share options have been awarded pursuant to the long term incentive plan ("LTIP") to certain of the Group's executive management team.
Mr Sven Lee and Mr John Manzello have each been awarded 1,178,828 options over ordinary shares in the Company of 0.2 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"), exercisable at US$0.42415 per share, being the mid-closing price of the Ordinary Shares on 5 April 2017 (34 pence) converted to US dollars at the then prevailing rate of £1:$1.2475. These options vest as described in the announcement of 5 April 2017.
Certain members of the Company's executive management team have been awarded share options under the LTIP described in the announcement of 5 April 2017, exercisable at nominal value (0.2 pence per Ordinary Share). The awards are as follows: John Burt, 685,125 options; Julian Smith, 411,233 options; Jim Mills, Campbell Bunce and Donna Hackett 196,000 options each. These options vest as described in the announcement of 5 April 2017.
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Enquiries:
Abzena plc John Burt, Chief Executive Officer Julian Smith, Chief Financial Officer
| +44 1223 903498
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Numis (Nominated Adviser and Broker) Clare Terlouw / James Black / Paul Gillam
| +44 20 7260 1000 |
N+1 Singer (Joint Broker) Aubrey Powell / Liz Yong / Mark Taylor
| +44 20 7496 3069 |
Instinctif Partners Melanie Toyne Sewell / Alex Shaw | +44 20 7457 2020 abzena@instinctif.com |
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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| Name
| Sven Lee | ||||
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| Reason for the notification
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| Position/status
| Chief Business Officer | ||||
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| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial Notification | ||||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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| Name
| Abzena plc | ||||
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| LEI
| N/A | ||||
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| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
| Ordinary shares of £0.002 each
GB00BN65QN46 | ||||
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| Nature of the transaction
| Grant of share options | ||||
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| Price(s) and volume(s)
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| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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n/a | ||||
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| Date of the transaction
| 05 April 2017 | ||||
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| Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | ||||
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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| Name
| John Manzello | ||||
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| Reason for the notification
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| Position/status
| President, Abzena US | ||||
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| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial Notification | ||||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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| Name
| Abzena plc | ||||
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| LEI
| N/A | ||||
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| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
| Ordinary shares of £0.002 each
GB00BN65QN46 | ||||
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| Nature of the transaction
| Grant of share options | ||||
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| Price(s) and volume(s)
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| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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n/a | ||||
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| Date of the transaction
| 05 April 2017 | ||||
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| Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | ||||
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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| Name
| John Burt | ||||
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| Reason for the notification
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| Position/status
| CEO | ||||
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| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial Notification | ||||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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| Name
| Abzena plc | ||||
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| LEI
| N/A | ||||
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| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
| Ordinary shares of £0.002 each
GB00BN65QN46 | ||||
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| Nature of the transaction
| Grant of share options | ||||
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| Price(s) and volume(s)
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| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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n/a | ||||
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| Date of the transaction
| 05 April 2017 | ||||
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| Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | ||||
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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| Name
| Julian Smith | ||||
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| Reason for the notification
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| Position/status
| CFO | ||||
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| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial Notification | ||||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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| Name
| Abzena plc | ||||
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| LEI
| N/A | ||||
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| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
| Ordinary shares of £0.002 each
GB00BN65QN46 | ||||
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| Nature of the transaction
| Grant of share options | ||||
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| Price(s) and volume(s)
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| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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n/a | ||||
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| Date of the transaction
| 05 April 2017 | ||||
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| Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | ||||
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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| Name
| Jim Mills | ||||
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| Reason for the notification
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| Position/status
| Senior VP Technical Operations | ||||
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| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial Notification | ||||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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| Name
| Abzena plc | ||||
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| LEI
| N/A | ||||
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| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
| Ordinary shares of £0.002 each
GB00BN65QN46 | ||||
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| Nature of the transaction
| Grant of share options | ||||
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| Price(s) and volume(s)
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| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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N/A | ||||
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| Date of the transaction
| 05 April 2017 | ||||
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| Outside a trading venue | ||||
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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| Name
| Campbell Bunce | ||||
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| Reason for the notification
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| Position/status
| Senior VP Scientific Operations | ||||
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| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial Notification | ||||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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| Abzena plc | ||||
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| LEI
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| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
| Ordinary shares of £0.002 each
GB00BN65QN46 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Grant of share options | ||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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N/A | ||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 05 April 2017 | ||||
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| Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | ||||
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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| Name
| Donna Hackett | ||||
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| Reason for the notification
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| Position/status
| Senior VP Intellectual Property, Commercial and Legal Affairs | ||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial Notification | ||||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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| Name
| Abzena plc | ||||
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| LEI
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| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
| Ordinary shares of £0.002 each
GB00BN65QN46 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Grant of share options | ||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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N/A | ||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 05 April 2017 | ||||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | ||||